Necktie



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

M. BUROKHARDT & E. WIEMAN.

NEOKTIE.

Patented May 24, 1887.

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v (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

M. BURGKHARDT 83 E. WIEMAN.

NEGKTIE.

No. 333,332. Patented May 24,1337.

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Nrrnn STATES Parana. ()FFICE.

MARTIN BUROKI-IARDT, or BROOKLYN, AND nnnnsr WIEMAN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,362, dated May 24, 1887. Application filed Decembcr 14, 1886. Serial No. 221,570. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARTIN BUROKHARDT,

a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, and

Our invention relates to neckties of the classthat may be formed, tied, or arranged by the wearer in contradistinction to such as are made up or given a determined shape by the manufacturer previous to coming into possession of the wearer.

The following description of our improved necktie, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, will enable others skilled in the art to make and use it.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate our invention, similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a double blank or form. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same blank, showing the device for attaching or securing the necktie in its proper location upon the wearer. Fig. 3 is likewise a front elevation of a single blank or form. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 5 on the line a m. Fig. 5 is a rear view of Fig. 3, showing the fabric applied over ablank and secured by metallic fasteners. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a double blank similar to Fig. 1, and shows the fabric in its first position folded over the under leaf of the blank and below the front leaf. This view also shows a spring hook-fastening device. Fig. 7 represents the completed tie, the fabric in its second position folded over the blank and the ends secured by the fastening -.hooks. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a portion of fabric having approximately the shape required to form a tie of the design shown, and broken away in the center for the convenience of locating the figures of the drawin s.

in the drawings, A indicates a blank or form, which maybe made of any suitable material, such as metal, hard rubber,vnlcanite, celluloid, 5o compressed paper, or anyother suitable material having the necessary stiffness. The blanks may be made of any desired shape to meet any style of necktie. The blanks may further be made double, as in Figs. 1 and 2tl1at is, formed of two separate portions, consisting of 5 5 the under leaf, B, and the outerleaf,Cor made of a single piece and turned up to form the leaves, or of a single piece or leaf, as in Fig. 3, and provided with the inclined slits D,within which the material which forms the tie may be placed. These blanks may have straight edges, or the edges may be rounded, as at E, Fig. 1, and the blanks may be plain or, preferably, curved to conform to the shape of the collar.

We wish it understood that we do not limit ourselves to any shape, form, or configuration of the blank, or to the material from which it shall be made, or to the method of applying the fabric to the blank, as it is obvious that many modifications can be made and many changes will be necessary to meet alterations of style and fashion without departing from the intent of our invention.

Referring to Fig. 8, a portion of fabric Sis shown, which may be of silk or any other material from which neckties are commonly made. Portions of such material are given the required shape to cover any suitable blank, and are then packed in boxes, which may contain any required number of such pieces. The material may be cut from piece goods or woven to the desired shape. In Fig. 6 this material S is shown turned over and between the leaves B and O of the blank A. i

If desired, the outer fold of the fabric can 8 5 be seen red in its position by means of metallic staples such as are shown at F, Fig. 5-or a stitch may be taken through the fabric and carried through the perforation at G of the blank, or the fabric may be secured in any other 0 manner. The neXt step in forming the tie is to turn the ends of both folds T of the fabric downward over the blank and to secure them in position, as shown in Fig. 7. Securing of the ends is accomplished by means of aspring 9 5 hook or hooks, as shown at H, Fig. 6, of which one or more may be employed, and which consist of a hook and its rod N, provided with the follower O and helical spring P. The rod of the hook has its bearing at Q, and the action TOO of the spring is to retract the hook after it has been drawn out The point of the hook or hooks is thus always concealed.

Upon the back of the blanks we arrange any suitable device for securing the tie to the person of the wearer. Such a device is shown at J, Figs. 1 and 2, and consists of a portion of elastic threaded through perforations in the blank, and also through the eye of a metallic piece, K, having a perforation, L, adapted to fit over the collar-button of the wearer.

\Ve do not wish to be limited to any specific form of securing device, as it is obvious that many other forms now commonly used will serve a similar purpose.

We claim as our inventionl. A necktie blank or form diagonally slitted to receive the covering fabric and perforated,as described, in combination with springactuated concealed hook fastenings and a spring-actuated fastening, K, substantially a specified. V

2. The within-described improved article of manufacture, consisting of the under leaf, B, the outer leaf, 0, the spring-actuated hooks, the elastic loop threaded through the part 0, and the button-hole piece K, connected to the said loop and adaptedfor attachment to the covering, substantially as described.

3. A necktie blank or form composed'of the front and back leaves, 113 O, slitted to receive the elastic loop of the fastener K, and havinga tubular portion adapted to receive spring-actuated hooked fasteners, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this 4th day of December, A. D. 1886.

' MARTIN BUBCKHARDT.

ERNEST WIEMAN.

Witnesses:

G120. H. BENJAMIN, J. EDWARD AOKLEY. 

